TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abidin,Crystal
TI  - Internet celebrity: understanding fame online 
T2  - Society now
SN  - 9781787560765 (e-book)
AV  - P94.5.C45 A25 2018
U1  - 302.23083 23
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
KW  - Celebrities in mass media
KW  - Internet personalities
KW  - Fame
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Media Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Media studies
KW  - bicssc
N1  - Includes index
N2  - The face of internet celebrity is rapidly diversifying and evolving. Online and mainstream celebrity culture are now weaving together, such that breakout stars from one-hit viral videos are able to turn their transient fame into a full-time career.This book presents a framework for thinking about the different forms of internet celebrity that have emerged over the last decade, taking examples from the Global North and South, to consolidate key ideas about cultures of online fame. It discusses the overall landscape, developments and trends in the internet celebrity economy, and cross-cultural lessons
UR  - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787560765
ER  -